Legal & General Group Plc Cuts Stake in NVIDIA Corporation $NVDA

Legal & General Group Plc decreased its holdings in shares of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDAFree Report) by 5.4% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 171,472,969 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock after selling 9,730,066 shares during the period. NVIDIA accounts for 7.1% of Legal & General Group Plc’s portfolio, making the stock its largest position. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in NVIDIA were worth $31,979,709,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 12.4% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 324,901 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $43,631,000 after purchasing an additional 35,815 shares during the period. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 2,346,417 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $315,100,000 after purchasing an additional 22,929 shares during the period. Highview Capital Management LLC DE boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Highview Capital Management LLC DE now owns 58,396 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $7,842,000 after purchasing an additional 3,653 shares during the period. Hudson Value Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of NVIDIA by 30.7% in the fourth quarter. Hudson Value Partners LLC now owns 50,658 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock valued at $6,805,000 after purchasing an additional 11,900 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Group Ltd. raised its stake in NVIDIA by 15.7% in the first quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 6,598 shares of the computer hardware maker’s stock worth $715,000 after buying an additional 896 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 65.27% of the company’s stock.

NVIDIA Stock Performance

Shares of NVDA stock opened at $205.10 on Monday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $203.37 and its 200-day simple moving average is $190.58. The company has a market cap of $4.96 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.41, a PEG ratio of 0.46 and a beta of 2.22. The company has a current ratio of 3.44, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. NVIDIA Corporation has a 12-month low of $140.85 and a 12-month high of $236.54.

NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDAGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 20th. The computer hardware maker reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.76 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $81.62 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.42 billion. NVIDIA had a return on equity of 96.94% and a net margin of 62.97%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 85.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.81 earnings per share. Analysts expect that NVIDIA Corporation will post 8.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NVIDIA declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 20th that permits the company to repurchase $80.00 billion in outstanding shares. This repurchase authorization permits the computer hardware maker to purchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

NVIDIA Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 26th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a $0.25 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. This is a positive change from NVIDIA’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01. NVIDIA’s payout ratio is currently 15.31%.

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Insider Transactions at NVIDIA

In related news, Director Aarti S. Shah sold 19,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.71, for a total value of $3,357,490.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 36,007 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,362,796.97. This represents a 34.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ajay K. Puri sold 300,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $182.25, for a total value of $54,675,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,018,547 shares in the company, valued at approximately $550,130,190.75. The trade was a 9.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 1,922,461 shares of company stock worth $387,385,083 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 3.94% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts recently commented on NVDA shares. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $330.00 price objective on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Susquehanna reissued a “positive” rating and issued a $275.00 price objective (up from $250.00) on shares of NVIDIA in a research note on Tuesday, May 12th. President Capital boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $280.00 to $295.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $287.00 to $307.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price objective on shares of NVIDIA from $270.00 to $285.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-eight have given a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $305.67.

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NVIDIA Company Profile

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NVIDIA Corporation, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is a global technology company that designs and develops graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip (SoC) technologies. Co-founded by Jensen Huang, who serves as president and chief executive officer, along with Chris Malachowsky and Curtis Priem, NVIDIA has grown from a graphics-focused chipmaker into a broad provider of accelerated computing hardware and software for multiple industries.

The company’s product portfolio spans discrete GPUs for gaming and professional visualization (marketed under the GeForce and NVIDIA RTX lines), high-performance data center accelerators used for AI training and inference (including widely adopted platforms such as the A100 and H100 series), and Tegra SoCs for automotive and edge applications.

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